After studying various pancake horn images, I am going to do something similar to a gangway horn. I'll put a star in the center with radial stripes.
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Got a long way on my starsNbars water can spout gangway pancake horn today.
Cut the back end off.
I plan to use thic star concho that came from a yardsale belt. I'm leaving the star brass and have since painted the ring with the hammered black.
Laid out my radial pattern and used my dremel cutoff blade.
Did a little rough assembly
These spring steel pieces from a portable bed are awesome to use for brackets and such. They are strong but flexible too.
I still need to do some painting and additional tweaking, but this thing works and looks great to me.
Not bad compared to the real deal
Cut the back end off.
I plan to use thic star concho that came from a yardsale belt. I'm leaving the star brass and have since painted the ring with the hammered black.
Laid out my radial pattern and used my dremel cutoff blade.
Did a little rough assembly
These spring steel pieces from a portable bed are awesome to use for brackets and such. They are strong but flexible too.
I still need to do some painting and additional tweaking, but this thing works and looks great to me.
Not bad compared to the real deal
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Your horn fab is far superior to the Delta. Very cool.Got a long way on my starsNbars water can spout gangway pancake horn today.
Cut the back end off.
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I plan to use thic star concho that came from a yardsale belt. I'm leaving the star brass and have since painted the ring with the hammered black.
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Laid out my radial pattern and used my dremel cutoff blade.
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Did a little rough assembly
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These spring steel pieces from a portable bed are awesome to use for brackets and such. They are strong but flexible too.
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I still need to do some painting and additional tweaking, but this thing works and looks great to me.
Not bad compared to the real deal
Now that's sweet B!! Mad skills man!!
Thanks buddy, not sure if I would go that far, but I am pretty pleased with it.
Awesome horn work King, that is just cool!
Luke.
Luke.
Thanks Luke, I still need to paint it so that the whole thing looks rusty. I'm also gonna dirty up the red insert too, it's just to bright.
Cell phone or not, you sure do know how to set up a photo. I mean, your bike looks great, but you could make even a stock Magna would look cool with your photography skills.
I'm pretty sure I can make any bike look pretty terrible with my attempts at setting up nice shots....
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The horn is ace
nice work...Love some of those pics,some great shots...
nice work...Love some of those pics,some great shots...
That's funny. I don't consider myself a good photographer. I'm just lucky to live in such a beautiful city that is loaded up with nice backdrops.
The horn is ace
Glad you like the horn. It's actually a good bit thicker than a pancake, so I guess it's more of a biscuits and gravy horn.
Yeah, you're probably right. StarsNbarS'd probably look like crap if you took a picture of it up in Dirty Jersey.
Yeah, you're probably right. StarsNbarS'd probably look like crap if you took a picture of it up in Dirty Jersey.
Maybe I could get Snooky to pose with it?
Props for that horn, Brian. Nicely done, sir.
Thanks, it was fun to make and relatively easy too.
Nice job with the horn, I like the repurposing of stuff. That screams rat rod to me.
Thanks buddy! I have always been inspired by the many ways that RRBers have re-used items that are totally non-bike and incorporated them into their builds as lights, horns, racks, doodads, etc.
@Double Nickle (Tyler), thanks for the shout out on your American Vintage Bicycle Supply Facebook page about my starsNbars Fourth of July photo! I love the way that you are preserving 1941! Build on brother!
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanVintageBicycleSupply?fref=nf
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanVintageBicycleSupply?fref=nf
